Gardone Riviera, Italy
Vittoriale Degli Italiani (Victory Shrine of the Italians)
A military museum, art park, mausoleum, and architectural oddity all on one fascist's estate.
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Gardone Riviera, Italy
A military museum, art park, mausoleum, and architectural oddity all on one fascist's estate.
Syracuse, Italy
According to Greek mythology, this natural spring is the home of a freshwater nymph.
Rome, Italy
This hermitage celebrates the legend of Emperor Constantine's healing from leprosy.
Palermo, Italy
A network of underground water channels that dates back to the Middle Ages.
Astura, Italy
A medieval stronghold rising over the ruins of ancient Roman villas along Rome's southern coast.
Sanremo, Italy
An ancient rogue artist community hidden next to one of the world's most glitzy and glamorous cities.
Gibellina Vecchia, Italy
Leveled by an earthquake, this Italian village is now preserved as a massive concrete art project.
Modena, Italy
This ultra-modern burial building would have stacked the dead like a giant filing cabinet.
Civitacampomarano, Italy
A medieval Italian village is fighting depopulation with this vibrant annual street art festival.
Naples, Italy
A special area of the National Archaeological Museum of Naples is located inside a metro station.
Mantua, Italy
A room filled with frescos that make it seem like the walls are crumbling down while giants die in despair.
Paris, France
Walk upon the mementos of the dead in this Parisian courtyard paved with medieval tombstones.
Namerikawa, Japan
Bioluminescent firefly squid light up this Japanese fishing port.
Paris, France
A surrealist timepiece by the artist of melting clocks.
Budapest, Hungary
A series of caves under Castle Hill that once held the prisoner Vlad Tepes, better known as Count Dracula.
Avezzano, Italy
This Roman underground canal was the longest tunnel ever built until the late 19th-century.
Bologna, Italy
Stuck in the arcade of Casa Isolani are three arrows of mysterious origins.
Naples, Italy
San Gennaro, the patron saint of Naples, greets pedestrians between these narrow city streets.
Pozzuoli, Italy
Italy's third-largest Roman arena gives a peek into the underground operations beneath the ancient spectacles.
Varenna, Italy
An unusual resting place built into the hill with an amazing view of Lake Como.
Colobraro, Italy
Just saying the name of this town out loud is said to bring bad luck.
Province of Rieti, Italy
This enormous sinkhole hides a secret world created from divine wrath.
Milan, Italy
The enigmatic sculpture hides above an escalator in a Milan metro station.
Genoa, Italy
Once home to one of the oldest banks in the world, this building is also where Marco Polo's famous travelogue was written.